Remarks on the Geology and Mineralogy of Nova Scotia [inscribed]

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xl, [1], 272, [1] pages; with the folding frontispiece of Parsboro, the folding coloured map, and the Cape Split litho. Complete, with Explanation of the Maps slip, and the Agents leaf at rear. Presentation copy inscribed: 'William H. Keating / the gift of the Author' to front free endpaper - presumably in Gesner's hand to geologist William Hypolitus Keating (d. 1840). [See NS Archives' Mi'kmaq Holdings Resource Guide for late 1840s ms letters from Gesner to Rupert George and to Howe]. Later bookplate of Joseph Linton Hetherington to front pastedown. Professionally mended, with new cloth spine and label. Considerable offsetting from 2 1970s Gesner-related newspaper clippings laid in at dedication leaf, affecting the adjacent 2 leaves including Title and the Parsboro plate. Light foxing particularly to first 30 and final 10 leaves. Gesner's first book. 8.75 x 5.8 inches. Rare Book Hub notes only two Gesner presentation copies (both his 1849 Industrial Resources of NS) sold through Sotheby's 1970 and 1988. N° de ref. del artículo Books015612

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